Josephine Marcotty
@marcotty
Independent environmental writer and former environmental reporter at the Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Would you wash your car in Lake Superior? The Mississippi river? Your local water body? A great question raised by @RTwinports! If you wash your car in the street or a driveway soapy, polluted, untreated wash water may run down into storm drains and into our lakes & streams.
You don’t have to be a superhero to clean your storm drain, but it never hurts!😆 Happy #NationalSuperheroDay to the over 9,400 drain adopters that help keep our lakes and rivers clean. You can join in the fun by adopting a drain near you!
❗Safety Tip❗Consider wearing bright or reflective clothing when you are clearing your storm drain to make sure you are visible to cars.🚗 A safety vest always does the trick!👍
So much single use plastic saved from our local lakes and rivers in this drain transformation! Way to go Moe!😄 Show us your best drain cleaning down below.⬇️ (📷: Moe Flaherty)
Great news! The #MNleg House passed the Legacy omnibus bill, approving $159 million from the Outdoor Heritage Fund to preserve wildlife habitat. Thanks to Chair @leonlillie and @minnesotaOHF council members and legislators for their leadership on this bill.
Happy #EarthDay to the over 9,400 participants in the Adopt-a-Drain MN program!🌎 Join thousands of drain adopters in the Twin Cities area today and help do your part to keep your local waterways clean. Sign up to adopt a drain near you today at adopt-a-drain.org.
Thanks @kare11 for the article about how ANYONE can help get litter out of the environment and water! And thanks to @GuyBrownWeather @BelindaKARE11 @BenDeryKARE11 @LauraBetker for highlighting the importance of cleaning up this #EarthDay kare11.com/article/news/l…
🌎 It's Earth Day! 🌎 This is the PERFECT time to organize a shoreline cleanup near where you live, work, or play. See our toolkit for all the support you need in your planning process! freshwater.org/adopt-a-river/
💧Register now for Freshwater's annual virtual fundraising event!💧 freshwater.org/water-connects… Join us 6:30–8 pm, Tuesday, April 26, for stories, shopping, & giving to protect water. Can't attend? Register to shop our silent auction—two lucky registrants will win gift baskets!
BIG news! We just documented the first wolverine in the state of Minnesota in over a century! What are the odds! More importantly, the photos provided rare insight about why the wolverine was here—and suggests wolverine populations might take hold soon.
Who needs fresh water? Everyone, but sandhill cranes are one example.💙#freshwater #water #cleanwater
Sandhill cranes are returning to Minnesota to breed! One of Minnesota’s largest bird species, sandhill cranes build nests in mounds in shallow water to lay their eggs. Learn more about these beautiful birds and the watery habitats they depend upon: dnr.state.mn.us/birds/sandhill…
EXCITING NEWS! Adopt-a-Drain has reached over 17,000 drains adopted in Minnesota! A huge thanks to everyone who has done such terrific and important work keeping their storm drains, and in turn, our lakes and rivers clean.
OPINION EXCHANGE | From superstar to sewer: The path of the Minnesota River strib.mn/2GXelst
Louisiana House to debate keeping industrial pollution reports secret s.nola.com/GHE77Al
New climate models predict a warming surge sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/n…
Polar bears? How about the people? My friend Randall Hymen’s photography exhibit the Sami people of Northern Europe is both gorgeous and heartbreaking. #IJNR #climate change norwayhouse.org/calendar/galle…
My biggest regret is not figuring out how to get Lumpy into the story.
Group behind "Lumpy" the coal man is fighting to keep coal plants open in Indiana. Here's the real twist: it's all to keep coal $ flowing out of Indiana and to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming indystar.com/story/news/201… via @indystar
Is benefit of having trees 'oversold' in green space planning? strib.mn/2TRpvEn
Carsten Egevang goes looking for seals in Greenland and finds a photogenic guillemot instead. hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals… via @hakaimagazine
Court to reconsider ordering EPA to ban pesticide thehill.com/policy/energy-…
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